Abstract |
The feasibility of utilizing horizontal saline aquifers for cyclic storage of fresh waters has been established by previous investigators. In addition, it was found that the recovery efficiency in a dipping mini-aquifer, incorporating a semi-circular isopotential as the outer boundary, is less than that in the horizontal case. The present study experimentally investigates gravitational effects in a dipping semi-bounded mini-aquifer and also incorporates the effect of pre-existing groundwater movement (flux) in both horizontal, and dipping systems. In all cases studied, the direction of the flux was parallel to the closed boundary of the system. (Modified author abstract) |